htop Command - Interactive Process Viewer

htop is an interactive process viewer for Unix systems. It provides a real-time, colorized, and user-friendly interface for monitoring system processes, CPU, memory, and swap usage.

Syntax

htop [options]

Examples

htop

htop -u root

Notes

• Use arrow keys, function keys, and mouse for navigation.
• htop may need to be installed separately (e.g., sudo apt install htop).
• Provides more features and a better UI than the traditional top command.